Already the winningest coach in Sewanee athletic history, Tiger Women's Tennis Head Coach Conchie Shackelford earned career win No. 500,
Sunday, as No. 14 Sewanee defeated No. 23 Mary Washington, 6-3.
The Tigers are now 10-3 overall with ranked wins over Mary Washington, No. 11 DePauw, No. 22 Redlands, and No. 12 Case Western. In fact, Sewanee's only losses have come against No.
1 Johns Hopkins, No. 7 Carnegie Mellon, and a long six-hour match against No. 11 Washington & Lee.
The Tigers won at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles as the teams of Bronte Goodhue and Lindsey Liles (8-4) along with Annie Veron and Maggie Crumbliss (8-1) all earned victories.
Up 2-1 to start singles Liles won at No. 1 (6-2, 6-2), Goodhue at No. 2 (6-0, 6-1), Crumbliss at No. 4 (6-4, 6-1), and Clementina Davila at No. 5 (7-5, 6-4).
Sewanee has now won five straight matches heading back into Southern Athletic Association (SAA) play next weekend.
With a career record of 500-183, Shackelford, who became the Tiger Head Coach in 1987, has guided Sewanee to a 73.2 winning percentage. In fact, Shackelford has led Sewanee to 28 straight winning seasons, which is also the most in school history. The Tigers also had a streak of 15 straight seasons with a top-15 national ranking (1988-2002).
That included leading the 2007 Tigers to a final national ITA ranking of No. 3, which was also the best team finish in the Athletic Department's long history. Under Shackelford, Sewanee has finished as an ITA national ranked team for 27 straight seasons.
Always about her players, Shackelford has guided Sewanee scholar-athletes to numerous national and conference awards both on and off the court.
Additionally, her teams have earned four WIAC championships to go along with two SCAC and SAA Championships.
With that, Shackelford has been selected as the SCAC and SAA Coach of the Year four times and the ITA Atlantic South Coach of the Year three times.
Below is a list of accomplishments during Shackelford's outstanding career.
- All-Americans: Katy Morrisey (2) doubles, Ellen Gray Maybank (2) singles and (2) doubles, Cameron Tyer (4) singles and (3) doubles, Becky Jo Doncaster (3) doubles, Sara Cameron (1) doubles, Mary Missbach (2) singles and (1) doubles, Kathy North (1) singles, Gab Carvalho (4) singles and (1) doubles, Laura Fanjoy (1) singles and (1) doubles, Jenny Liles (1) singles and (1) doubles, Bronte Goodhue (2) singles and (1) doubles, Lindsey Liles (1) singles and (2) doubles.
- ITA Academic All-Americans: Peggy Hodgkins (2), Helen Boehm (2), Elizabeth Irwin (2), Molly Cannon(2), Molly and Lauren Willett (4), Jordan Casey(4), MK Stone(1), Derry Roberson (2), Jenny Liles (3), Meredith Lawrence (2), Bronte Goodhue (1).
- South Region Rookies of the Year: Kristen Ialacci, Lauren Willett, Gab Carvalho, Jenny Liles.
- South Region Players to Watch: Kristen Ialacci, Mary Missbach, Kathy North.
- South Region Senior Player of the Year: Cameron Tyer, Kristen Ialacci, Jenny Coleman, Mary Missbach, Kathy North, Gabriela Carvalho.
- South Region Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship Award: Mary Missbach, Jordan Casey.
- National Senior Player of the Year: Cameron Tyer, 1993.
- National Senor Player of the Year: Gabriela Carvalho, 2008.
- National Senior Player of the Year: Mary Missbach, 2000.
- National Rookie of the Year: Gab Carvalho, 2005.
- ITA Post-graduate Scholarship: Cameron Tyer, 1993.
- SCAC Player of the Year: Cameron Tyer 1992, Gabriela Carvalho, 2008.
- SAA Player of the Year: Bronte Goodhue, 2013, 2014.
- SAA Woman of the Year: Jenny Liles, 2013.
- NCAA Post Graduate: Jordan Casey 2009, Jenny Liles, 2013.
- CoSIDA Academic All-American: Jordan Casey 2009, Jenny Liles, 2013.
- SCAC/SAA Coach of the Year: 1992, 2007, 2013, 2014.
- ITA Atlantic South Coach of the Year: 2001, 2006, 2014.
- ITA All-Academic Teams: 1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014.
- Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame Selections:
- Teams (1990, 1999) – Individuals (Cameron Tyer, Ellen Gray Maybank, Kristen Ialacci Crane, Linnie Wheeless, Mary Missbach Dressler)
- Member of the NCAA Atlantic South Regional Committee: 1999-2004, 2014-2018.
- Member of the ITA Atlantic South Regional Committee: 1989-1993.
- ITA Atlantic South Awards Chair: 2001-2007.
- ITA Atlantic South Awards Committee: 2008-2010.